Pronoun-antecedent agreement

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  Pronoun-antecedent agreement: Things you need to know
UNFINISHED- evansjoy evansjoy Mar 3, 2011
  • A Pronoun-antecedent: could be either a noun, another pronoun, or even a phrase.
It may also be a clause acting as a noun.
  1. Pronoun-person, place, thing, feeling, or quality, but it doesn't mention the actually names.
  2. Antecedent-is the actual work, phrase, or clause mentioned by the pronoun.
  3. Agreement-is when the pronoun isn't awkward when it's in the same sentence as the antecedent.
  • There are three types of pronoun-antecedent agreements that you need to pay attention to
  1. Person
  2. Number
  3. Gender

Examples

  • you must make sure that you don't just use any of the three alone, because your sentence won't make any sense.
There are a few examples that could easily explain this.

For example

They is a pronoun referring to someone, but who are they? whom do they represent?
  • A sloppy use of pronouns isn't right.

Not all pronouns will refer to an antecedent though.
  1. Everyone here earns over a thousand dollars a day.
The word "everyone" has no antecedent.

Work Cited:

"Pronoun Antecedent Agreement." Welcome to LEO: Literacy Education Online. Ed. Maggie Escalas. 5 Oct. 1999. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/pronante.html.


Darling, Pro. Charles. "Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement." Capital Community College - Redirect Page. Capital Community College Foundation, 2004. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm.